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Social Justice Youth

Australians join YCW centenary celebrations in Brussels

Australian Young Christian Workers have joined international YCW members, past and present, in Belgium to celebrate the centenary of the founding of the movement.

Politics Social Justice

Albanese begins second term with a new slogan

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is pledging to strengthen Australia with a second-term agenda that eases division, outlining his vision for “progressive patriotism” that can unite the country at a time of global instability. Source: The Age.

Social Justice

Expanding prison capacity ‘won’t do anything to prevent crime’ 

Jesuit Social Services says a $727 million expansion of Victoria’s prison capacity, announced ahead of the 2025/26 State Budget, is money spent at the wrong end of the system and won’t do anything to prevent crime in the long run.

Social Justice Social Services

Jesuit Social Services calls for a minister for children

Jesuit Social Services has called on the Albanese Government to appoint a minister for children and invest in evidence-backed intervention to reduce family violence, child sexual abuse, and address failing youth justice systems.

Bishops Social Justice

Bali 5 message Bishop Harris waited two decades to hear

On Sunday afternoon, Townsville Bishop Timothy Harris received an anonymous text message he’d spent nearly two decades waiting for: “Wheels up, the Bali 5 are on their way back to Australia”. Source: The Guardian.

Politics Social Justice

Remaining Bali Nine members return to Australia after 19 years in Indonesian prison

The remaining five members of the Bali Nine have returned to Australia after spending two decades in an Indonesian prison for their roles in a botched drug smuggling operation. Source: ABC News.

Social Justice

Burke heads to Indonesia to discuss transfer of Bali 9 members

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke will discuss the fate of the remaining Bali Nine prisoners in a critical meeting with the Indonesian Government set to take place later this week. Source: News.com.au.

Social Justice

Bishop Harris welcomes news of possible deal on Bali 9 members

Townsville Bishop Timothy Harris has cautiously welcomed news that the surviving Bali Nine members will be repatriated to Australia in a deal with Indonesia. Source: The Guardian.

Religious Orders Social Justice

Catholic Religious calls for national overhaul of youth justice system

Catholic Religious Australia called for a nationally coordinated reform of the youth justice system in a recent submission to a Senate Inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system.